Method of resource allocation and resource arbitrator

Abstract

A method of resource allocation and a resource arbitrator for allocating a resource to one or more users are provided. The method includes the following steps: selecting one of the users according to a sequence; determining an available amount of the selected user according to a benefit amount of the selected user in the current selected turn; determining a service amount of the selected user according to a requirement amount and the available amount of the selected user and allocating the resource to the selected user according to the service amount; accumulating a system benefit level or a benefit amount of each user in a subset of the users according to a residual amount obtained by subtracting the service amount from the available amount, and a weight of each user in the subset; and repeating all of the above steps to allocate the resource to the one or more users.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application claims the priority benefit of Taiwan application serial no. 100145060, filed on Dec. 7, 2011. The entirety of the above-mentioned patent application is hereby incorporated by reference herein and made a part of this specification.BACKGROUND[0002]1. Field[0003]The disclosure relates to a method of resource allocation and a resource arbitrator.[0004]2. Description of Related Art[0005]A centralized time-division multiplexing (TDM) system includes a resource arbitrator and a plurality of users. The resource arbitrator manages a fixed number of one or a plurality of resources, and allocates the limited resources to the users. For each of the resources, at most one user is allowed to use such resource at any time point, and the other users have to wait. For example, a task schedule arranged for a plurality of programs by a processor, or upstream bandwidth allocation arranged for a plurality of network devices or users by a netw...

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Benefits of technology

The patent is about a way to allocate resources in a centralized time-division multiplexing (TDM) system. It uses a weighted max-min fairness principle to decide which user gets which resource. This method ensures that each user gets a good amount of resources while also considering their importance. Additionally, the method is easy to calculate. This disclosure is helpful in improving the efficiency of the TDM system and guaranteeing a quality of service for each user.

Problems solved by technology

According to the above method, when the requirement amounts of the users are relatively low, the overhead required for switching service among users is accordingly increased, which causes waste of the resource and energy.

An extreme situation is that when the requirement amounts of the three users are all 0, as that shown in a service timing 230, the service cycle is entirely occupied by the service request messages and the time gaps, and the transceivers of the resource arbitrator and the users have to intensively process the request messages and the response messages, which causes a great amount of power consumption.

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